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JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

雑ざつ談だん

zatsudan

to chat

Example sentences

  1. ぜひ雑談ざつだんでもしにいらしてください。

    You must come and have a chat with us.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれはコーヒーを飲のみながら彼女かのじょと雑談ざつだんした。

    He visited with her over a cup of coffee.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 商談しょうだんに入はいる前まえに、少すこし雑談ざつだんでもしましょう。

    Shall we shoot the breeze for a while before talking business?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 雑談

  • 雑miscellaneousOnザツ・ゾウKunまじえる・まじる
  • 談discuss; talkOnダン

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